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Message-ID: <20251110175818.1571610-1-ivecera@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:58:12 +0100
From: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Prathosh Satish <Prathosh.Satish@...rochip.com>,
	Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>,
	Arkadiusz Kubalewski <arkadiusz.kubalewski@...el.com>,
	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
	Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>,
	Petr Oros <poros@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 0/6] dpll: zl3073x: Refactor state management

This patch set is a refactoring of the zl3073x driver to clean up
state management, improve modularity, and significantly reduce
on-demand I/O.

The driver's dpll.c implementation previously performed on-demand
register reads and writes (wrapped in mailbox operations) to get
or set properties like frequency, phase, and embedded-sync settings.
This cluttered the DPLL logic with low-level I/O, duplicated locking,
and led to inefficient bus traffic.

This series addresses this by:
1. Splitting the monolithic 'core.c' into logical units ('ref.c',
   'out.c', 'synth.c').
2. Implementing a full read/write-back cache for 'zl3073x_ref' and
   'zl3073x_out' structures.

All state is now read once during '_state_fetch()' (and status updated
periodically). DPLL get callbacks read from this cache. Set callbacks
modify a copy of the state, which is then committed via a new
'..._state_set()' function. These '_state_set' functions compare
the new state to the cached state and write *only* the modified
register values back to the hardware, all within a single mailbox
sequence.

The result is a much cleaner 'dpll.c' that is almost entirely
free of direct register I/O, and all state logic is properly
encapsulated in its respective file.

The series is broken down as follows:

* Patch 1: Changes the state structs to store raw register values
  (e.g., 'config', 'ctrl') instead of parsed booleans, centralizing
  parsing logic into the helpers.
* Patch 2: Splits the logic from 'core.c' into new 'ref.c', 'out.c'
  and 'synth.c' files, creating a 'zl3073x_dev_...' abstraction layer.
* Patch 3: Introduces the caching concept by reading and caching
  the reference monitor status periodically, removing scattered
  reads from 'dpll.c'.
* Patch 4: Expands the 'zl3073x_ref' struct to cache *all* reference
  properties and adds 'zl3073x_ref_state_set()' to write back changes.
* Patch 5: Does the same for the 'zl3073x_out' struct, caching all
  output properties and adding 'zl3073x_out_state_set()'.
* Patch 6: A final cleanup that removes the 'zl3073x_dev_...' wrapper
  functions that became redundant after the refactoring.

Ivan Vecera (6):
  dpll: zl3073x: Store raw register values instead of parsed state
  dpll: zl3073x: Split ref, out, and synth logic from core
  dpll: zl3073x: Cache reference monitor status
  dpll: zl3073x: Cache all reference properties in zl3073x_ref
  dpll: zl3073x: Cache all output properties in zl3073x_out
  dpll: zl3073x: Remove unused dev wrappers

 drivers/dpll/zl3073x/Makefile |   3 +-
 drivers/dpll/zl3073x/core.c   | 243 +----------
 drivers/dpll/zl3073x/core.h   | 184 +++-----
 drivers/dpll/zl3073x/dpll.c   | 776 ++++++++--------------------------
 drivers/dpll/zl3073x/out.c    | 163 +++++++
 drivers/dpll/zl3073x/out.h    |  88 ++++
 drivers/dpll/zl3073x/prop.c   |  12 +-
 drivers/dpll/zl3073x/ref.c    | 197 +++++++++
 drivers/dpll/zl3073x/ref.h    | 126 ++++++
 drivers/dpll/zl3073x/synth.c  |  87 ++++
 drivers/dpll/zl3073x/synth.h  |  73 ++++
 11 files changed, 1008 insertions(+), 944 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 drivers/dpll/zl3073x/out.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/dpll/zl3073x/out.h
 create mode 100644 drivers/dpll/zl3073x/ref.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/dpll/zl3073x/ref.h
 create mode 100644 drivers/dpll/zl3073x/synth.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/dpll/zl3073x/synth.h

-- 
2.51.0


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